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...lightweights are somewhat handicapped by the fact that many of their best oarsmen are slightly overweight, but with not enough pound advantages to give them a berth in the heavyweight shells. The Division 1 rights three in number, contain many men who may prove good heavyweight and 150-pound material later in the season, but who lack experience now. Division 2 is largely composed of Freshmen who have never rowed before this spring. Approximately 120 first year men are now rowing in shells, while there are many who are working their way up from wherries to singles, so that altogether...
Later in the week the New York Sun again took up the matter of publicity, commented upon the fact that the 1931 reports of General Foods and National Dairy Products Corp. did not contain volume of sales for the year, both having been granted permission by the Exchange to omit the item...
Addisin. Dried hog stomachs are good for pernicious anemia. Last week Dr. Roger Sylvester Morris & Associates of the University of Cincinnati reported that the normal gastric juices of human beings contain "a specific hematopoietic hormone." They are seeking the same "hormone" in hogs, dogs, cows. For the "hormone" they proposed the name "addisin," after Thomas Addison (1793-1860), English physician who first described the illness called pernicious anemia...
...17th floor is labeled "Chairman of the Finance Committee." They all know "Big Jim"? James Augustine Farrell?who for 20 years has occupied the 18th floor office labeled "President." And they all know "Mr. Filbert," a keen-eyed man whose bald, round head is said to contain all the Corporation's complex statistics and who was recently elevated to vice chairman of the finance committee...
...Hellebranths took New York last week without a struggle and added several ounces to the 16 Ib. of press clippings which their scrapbooks contain. Newspapers were eager to favor them, for the de Hellebranths are young, deep-voiced, brown-eyed, vivacious Hungarians...